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1 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 1 Charting Your Career for Growth Debra Kurtz Kurtz Consulting Inc

2 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 2 Kurtz Consulting Inc Sales & Marketing Solutions

3 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 3 10 Observations on Career Success

4 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 4 #1: Management Experience Develop your supervisory and management skills Develop leadership skills Pertains to Individual contributor and Management tracks

5 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 5 #2: Cross-Functional Experience Lateral Moves are not Bad Experience in both line and staff roles

6 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 6 #3: Titles Do Matter C-Suite PhD, MBA VP, Director Officer Board Member And so forth

7 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 7 #4: Consider International Get expert ex-patriot advice Know that re- entry can be tough The World is Flat

8 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 8 #5: How Long to Stay? It’s not fun anymore You aren’t learning anymore Their values aren’t your values Bad times are coming or already there No career path

9 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 9 #6: Mentor & Network Pay It Forward Help someone else Network Unexpected opportunities Nice Women Do Finish First By Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval

10 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 10 #7: Continue Your Education Formal or informal ed Inside or outside your expertise Never stop growing

11 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 11 #8: Consider Entrepreneurial Opportunities In small businesses or start-up divisions of larger companies or Take the plunge and start your own business Female entrepreneurs may once have lagged behind their male counterparts, but now they're making up for lost time. Business ownership among women in general is growing at nearly twice the rate (17%) as all businesses (9 The number of businesses owned by minority women, long the smallest segment of entrepreneurship in the U.S., is growing at six times the rate of all private companies Source: Center for Women's Business Research.

12 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 12 #8: Consider Entrepreneurial Opportunities By Michael Gerber

13 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 13 #9: Play to Your Strengths Address your blind spots, but don’t over-focus Leveraging your strengths: Is more fun Has greater return on investment Greater opportunity for outstanding achievement by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton

14 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 14 #10: Think about Act II Retirement Career Change Hobbies Empty-nester Volunteering

15 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 15 Don’t Do all 10 At Once 1. Management Experience 2. Cross-functional Experience 3. Get Good Titles 4. International Experience 5. Don’t over-stay 6. Network & Mentor Others 7. Continued Education 8. Entrepreneurialism 9. Play to your Strengths 10. Think about Act II

16 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 16 Practice Areas of Kurtz Consulting Go-To- Market Strategy Market Assessment & New Product Development Sales Force & Service Design Project Areas Strategic Planning & Business Plans * Conceptualize new business opportunities * Analyze marketplace and competition * Develop product specs * Manage the development Process * Licensing/Partnering* * Develop go-to-market strategy * Develop marketing Strategy * Market segmentation * Brand & Product Plans * Tactical Marketing Plans * Market Research * Define sales model for each channel * Sales force size & structure * Customer Targeting * Compensation * Call Centers * Training * CRM * Generate strategic long range plans * Develop operating plans * Contingency planning * Metrics for sales & marketing effectiveness

17 Debra Kurtz * 224.715.1538 consulting@debrakurtz.com www.debrakurtz.com 17 Debra Kurtz Kurtz Consulting Inc Consulting@DebraKurtz.com 224.715.1538

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